Suryaprakash@Aastika samAjam(alwarpet) on Feb 09th,2013

[rajeshnat]

Suryaprakash@Aastika samAjam(alwarpet) on Feb 09th,2013
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Vocal : Suryaprakash
Violin : Nagai sriram
Mrudangam : Tanjore Murugabhoopathy
Morsing : Srirangam kannan

Concert duration/Day : 2 hrs 40 mins /Saturday
Concert Type : Nirvana (no concert to follow)
sabha/Hall : Aastika samAjam, venus colony

1. varnam "sarasooda niNNe" - sAveri - kottavasal venkatarama iyer
2. seethA pathi nA manasunA (S) - ,,,, - T
swaras for 5 mins
3. bhajana sEya rAdhA (R N S) - dharmavati - MV
8 mins alapana and 5 mins violin return
neraval in "niravadhi sukha dayakuni paramAtmuni bhakta pAluni" for 3 mins
8 mins swaras

4.ninnE namminAnu (R,S) - husEni - T
4 mins alapana
and 4 mins swaras
5. karpaga maNoharA - malayAamrutham - psivan
6. sarasa sAma dhAna (N ,S) - kApinarAyani - T
6 mins neraval in "hitavu mATalentO bAgA balkitivi "
4 mins swaras

7A. RTP in subhapantuvarAli for 1 hour 5 mins - inclusive of 10 mins tani
rAga alapana in two stages for 23 mins with violin return
tAnam for 8 mins
pallavi in kanda jAti triputa talam
pallavi line was "tAmadam tAgadaiyyA murugaiyyA yemai kAkka"
pallavi neraval with trikalam and swaras in subhapantuvarali for 18 mins

7B. tani for 10 mins
7C. swara rAgamAliga in nalinakAnthi + behAg + Desh + hamsAnandi + vasanthi + subhapantuvarAli for 14 mins

8. bansivAlE - bhoop(not mohanam or mohanakalyani) - ST
9A.slokham nanmaiyum selvamum - sindubhairavi + poorvikalyani
9B. O rAmA nee nAmam - poorvikalyani - BR
10. nAthru dheem "YAridam koori murai iduvenE" - suddasArang - Suryaprakash
11. mangalam in madhyamavati

[rajeshnat]

It was an extremely satisfying concert with solid manodharmam and brilliant individual performances from all 4. Few highlights

+ dharmavati as a prathi sub main was sung beautifully after a round of real flashy kamAs . Particularly noticed suryaprakash singing few mandara stayi sangathis in dharmavati, it was rare and he was really good.

+ Huseni was the pick ,there are few karaikurichi arunAchalam huseni's floating in internet. Suryaprakash sang with a lot of fast karaikurichi nayanam like touches and there was real good manOdharamam in swaras.

+ kapinarayani was lovely. Despite having heard many kapinarayani of his , there was a definitely on spot manodharmam that I heard for the first time. Neraval and swaras was lovely with real brilliant returns and rolling fast fingers of bhoopathi was exhilirating and really well sung..

+ The pick of the day was indeed RTP in subhapantuvarali in kanda jati triputa . With voice getting more and more pliable , the rAga alapana of subhapantuvarAli was very deep throated and with a touch of intricate sedateness added lot of sowkhyam.TAnam in both speeds had a lot of touch of TNS like subhapantuvarAli sangathis. The pallavi line "tAmadam tAgadaiyyA murugaiyyA yemai kAkka" was nice and swaras came out exceptionally well. In particular there was a lot of onspot creativity in swara ragamAliga . For eg,When say nalinakanthi was sung with violin return, the note mA was used an anchor to touch briefly nalinAkanthi again then with the same anchor note of mA he went with a detailed behAg swaras. If I am right then he went with ni as an anchor , he went from say hamsAnandi briefly and then to vAsanthi. Overall for the detailed TRS'que pallavi alone the concert was worth it.

+ Tukkadas did sustain the same pep, O rAma nee nAmam as a late drop surprised me and I particularly liked his own thillAna in suddasArang.I am not a big fan of bansivAlE in bhoop.

+ Nagai sriram was superb, he has such a blotting paper like grasp. For every long suryaprakash vocal sangathis , his violin return was precise and captured the high manodharma quotient of suryaprakash .For dharmavati , he gave a contrast reply, whereas for subhapantuvarali he followed the vocal sangathis. What was most impressive was sriram's bowing strength that went well with the power of suryaprakash vocal chords

+ bhoopathy played with extraordinary creativity. For the first few songs the mrudangam shruthi was not right, but post kamas his nadham and tempo really gave all of us a great experience

+ srirangam kannan in morsing -played very well especially during pallavi .

- There was a very noticable goof up in trikalam between vocalist and mrudangist. The vocalist repeated twice to correct it.SAveri varnam volume was high for both vocal and violin and both of them adjusted ,post varnam .

Overall , with high charge on manodharmam - it was an excellent concert.

[arasi]

Rajesh,
Thanks for the review.
Haven't heard a malayamArutham in a while.Suryaprakash would have done justice to it.

4: rAmA! ninnE namminAnu
8: bansI vAlE nirmal mOhan is in mOhanam

[rajeshnat]

8: bansI vAlE nirmal mOhan is in mOhanam

It is actually in bhoop, changed the post.

[arasi]

Rajesh,
I suppose it's also called BhUp (for bhUpAli?) which is akin to mOhanam.
The Swathi Tirunal site gives the rAgA as mOhanam.

[rajeshnat]

Rajesh,
I suppose it's also called BhUp (for bhUpAli?) which is akin to mOhanam.
The Swathi Tirunal site gives the rAgA as mOhanam.

Yes arasi. BhUpAli or BhUp is hindustani version of mohanam. Incidentally when you hear bansivAlE in BhUp(the earliest I heard was maharajapuram santhanam singing), you get shades of mohanakalyAni as well as mohanam.

[varsha]

Yes arasi. BhUpAli or BhUp is hindustani version of mohanam. Incidentally when you hear bansivAlE in BhUp(the earliest I heard was maharajapuram santhanam singing), you get shades of mohanakalyAni as well as mohanam.

http://www.itcsra.org/sra_raga/bhupali_ ... alyan.html